progress, he dismounted, and himself guided the cattle for one furrow. Déjeuner was taken in the garden under a tree, and, as was his custom on such occasions, the followers were invited. He announced that he would distribute among them what he called the "widow's mite." Las Cases, Montholon, and Gourgaud were to have £320 per annum, paid quarterly. The Pole, Piontkowski, arrived this day, and after a long interview with Napoleon, he was accepted as one of the establishment, and given the post of equerry, under Gourgaud, with a salary of £160 per annum.

Gourgaud had to listen to the complaints first of Napoleon, then of Bertrand, with regard to the unpleasantness of the previous evening. Napoleon said: "The Bertrands did the same thing at Elba; they think only of themselves, forgetting what they owe to me; they treat my house as an inn; they should come and dine always or not at all." Bertrand "complained bitterly of the conduct of the Emperor towards him and his wife; he declares that he has long known that His Majesty was an egotist. I try to pacify him by remarking that the Emperor was annoyed that Madame Bertrand should have gone to dine in the town with the Admiral." This was a permanent source of trouble. Napoleon expected the Bertrands, like the rest of his circle, to be at his disposal at all times, to have no life of their own; and the Bertrands, as at Elba, declined to merge their existence in his. Bertrand was in constant attendance himself, but he steadfastly refused to regard himself and his wife as part of Napoleon's household. Friction on this point was constant ; it was one of the real trials to which Napoleon had to submit.

Napoleon received Cockburn and made the extraordinary request that the sentries should not be in uniform; this being refused he induced the Admiral to give the order that the officer whose duty it was to accompany the prisoner beyond the limits should not be in uniform, and should remain some thirty or forty paces in the rear.

On the 31st Colonel and Mrs. Skelton called and the

progress, he dismounted, and himself guided the cattle for one furrow. Déjeuner was taken in the garden under a tree, and, as was his custom on such occasions, the followers were invited. He announced that he would distribute among them what he called the "widow's mite." Las Cases, Montholon, and Gourgaud were to have £320 per annum, paid quarterly. The Pole, Piontkowski, arrived this day, and after a long interview with Napoleon, he was accepted as one of the establishment, and given the post of equerry, under Gourgaud, with a salary of £160 per annum.

Gourgaud had to listen to the complaints first of Napoleon, then of Bertrand, with regard to the unpleasantness of the previous evening. Napoleon said: "The Bertrands did the same thing at Elba; they think only of themselves, forgetting what they owe to me; they treat my house as an inn; they should come and dine always or not at all." Bertrand "complained bitterly of the conduct of the Emperor towards him and his wife; he declares that he has long known that His Majesty was an egotist. I try to pacify him by remarking that the Emperor was annoyed that Madame Bertrand should have gone to dine in the town with the Admiral." This was a permanent source of trouble. Napoleon expected the Bertrands, like the rest of his circle, to be at his disposal at all times, to have no life of their own; and the Bertrands, as at Elba, declined to merge their existence in his. Bertrand was in constant attendance himself, but he steadfastly refused to regard himself and his wife as part of Napoleon's household. Friction on this point was constant; it was one of the real trials to which Napoleon had to submit.

Napoleon received Cockburn and made the extraordinary request that the sentries should not be in uniform; this being refused he induced the Admiral to give the order that the officer whose duty it was to accompany the prisoner beyond the limits should not be in uniform, and should remain some thirty or forty paces in the rear.

On the 31st Colonel and Mrs. Skelton called and the